by Stephen Dean on Thu Oct 04, 2018 1:11 pm
Hi Ray,
The Position inputs are only used for diagnostic purposes with the Inlet Flap system. You can setup and run the inlet flaps without position sensor feedback, you just do not get any diagnostic feedback. This system is designed around a system that has a normally open or closed position, and the actuator (typically a solenoid) when activated drives the flaps to the alternate position. When the activation is removed from the actuator, it does not drive the flaps back to the default position (or any position in between), the flap is returned to the default position through an external force, such as a clock spring.
Splitting the output to both flap control solenoids will allow for the M1 to operate both flap control actuators simultaneously.
Stephen Dean
MoTeC Research Centre Melbourne, Australia